clarifying

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There’s often a clarifying, poignant harshness in the losses they depict.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Then there is the arbitration agreement — perhaps the most clarifying feature of the whole enterprise.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

The exercise, he said, is clarifying, forcing leaders to articulate what they believe, and what they will set out to accomplish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

By clarifying how memory works in quantum systems, the study sheds new light on a fundamental aspect of quantum dynamics.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

I failed to realize that intelligence tests effectively muck with both your past and your future, clarifying a lifetime of bad choices and setting you up for the inevitability of future failure.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris